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Citizens Research Council president leaving to be VP at Public Sector Consultants

Jeffrey Guilfoyle, president of the Livonia-based Citizens Research Council of Michigan, announced he will step down effective March 21.

Guilfoyle, 44, who has been president of the nonprofit since 2009, informed CRC trustees by email that he is leaving the organization to become vice president of public finance at Lansing-based Public Sector Consultants.

“Public Sector Consultants is an outstanding group that I’ve worked with before, and I’m excited to make the move over there; the CRC is also a great institution, and it’s been an honor and a privilege to work here,” Guilfoyle told Crain’s.

He said the highlight of his time as CRC president was being able to present in front of more than 100 groups, from corporate executives to community members, about Michigan public policy issues.

Prior to joining the CRC, Guilfoyle held several positions at the Michigan Department of Treasury, which included director of the Office of Revenue and Tax Analysis, and director of the Economic and Revenue Forecasting Division.

The CRC has been working on transition plans and hopes to put a new president in place by a board of director’s meeting on Wednesday, he said.

Citizens Research Council was founded in 1916 and provides nonpartisan research and analysis of issues pertaining to state and local government organization and finance.